Ath Bilbao

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Athletic's famous Cantera system using only Basque-born players has produced another competitive season, though the 1-2 home defeat to Villarreal over the last gameweek comes as a setback. With Ernesto Valverde already announcing his relegation come the end of the campaign, Bilbao have managed to turn their form around in the second half of the season. The hosts’ 38 points from their 31 encounters puts them just outside the top 10 and in 11th place with five games to spare. At San Mamés, one of European football's most atmospheric grounds, Athletic are genuinely difficult to beat and their supporters generate enormous intensity for any game.

Osasuna

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Osasuna have been one of La Liga's more reliable sides over the course of this campaign and their impressive performances have rightly earned them a spot within the upper half of the table. The visitors’ arrive this fixture having managed to put behind the 3-1 loss suffered on the road against Real Sociedad at the Anoeta by avoiding defeat in each of their past three league games. Those encounters have recorded a lone-goal victory over Girona and successive stalemates to Alaves (2-2) and Betis (1-1). Away at San Mamés, historically one of Spanish football's toughest away assignments, they will need to absorb Athletic's early intensity and strike on the counter.